Joseph Fluckiger's Blog

I got a strange error while installing MOSS 2007 yesterday at a client. I've installed MOSS a hundred times, so I knew everything was ok. The error I was getting was " 11/26/2007 16:20:47  7  ERR  Failed to create the configuration database. An exception of type System.Security.AccessControl.PrivilegeNotHeldException was thrown.  Additional exception information: The process does not possess the 'SeSecurityPrivilege' privilege which is required for this operation." This post I read pointed out that  the user running the install needs to have the “manage auditing and security log” privilege. You can see below that even though I was a local admin, I didn't have that privilege. The permission was changed, I logged out and back in, and the install worked fine.

This post was made by Windows Live Blogger. Very nice. So much easier to post pictures and rich content. I'm loving it. No more uploading image, and editing HTML. ug. Freedom from the tyranny of the web browser. -Joseph

The SharePoint utility that I've built called SharePoint SUSHI and made available for free to the SharePoint community has a new permantent home at http://www.codeplex.com/sushi . This site will contain help documentation, the latest release and source code, and FAQ. Please drop by, download SharePoint SUSHI and take it for a spin and send me any added feature requests or suggestions to improve SUSHI that you have. Sincerely, -Joseph Fluckiger

Popfly is an ubelievably cool new tool to build mashups in silverlight. If silverlight wasn't cool enough already, this seals the deal. Let me demonstrate: 20 mintues ago I signed up for popfly. And in that 20 minutes I figured out how to use popfly and built this, a little tile image display of Monet images from the web. Sweet! More to come..

This blog post shows how to apply a corporate theme to all newly created sites. Very handy. http://grahamsibley.typepad.com/thoughtfactory/2007/06/index.html

I was asked the following question today about MOSS: Can MOSS manage passwords? Can I store service account passwords someway in MOSS securely? Here is an important point about MOSS security: MOSS does not provide authentication, it only provides authorization. (very important distinction) It relys on either Active Directory or forms authentication to validate passwords. Once AD says yup this person is who they say they are, then Sharepoint takes over. Nowhere in the sharepoint databases will you find a user's password. What you will find in the sharepoint databases is the roles and permissions that a user has. -Joseph

Here is a great SharePoint trick. Need to move documents from one library to another without losing metadata? With the "Content and Structure" section under site administration, you can! instructions for moving documents without losing metadata